Improved lamp-chimney cleaner



N. A. VURGASON,-OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 81,710, dated September 1, 1868.

IMIROVBD LAMP-(llIIllllNEYA CLEANER.

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TO ALL WHOMIT MAY CNCERN:

Be it knownY that I, N. A. VURGASON, of Brooklyn, in /the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new anti useful Improvement in Lamp-Chimney Cleaners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had; to the accompanying-drawings, forming part o f this specification, in which- Thedrawing represents a side view of the implement.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and efficient implement for cleaning the chimneys of keroseneflamps.

The features of my invention are set forth `in the following.

A is the sta or handle, having pivoted at one end thereof the arms b Z), which bear the brushes B B and C C.

The lower arms, bearing the brushes B lB, are longer than the upper arms, and more curved than the upper arms, for the purpose oftting in the swelled part of kerosene-lamp chimneys, as usually made.

The upper arms, bearing the brushes C C, are held together by an elastic strap or band, a, which, in bringing the upper brushes together in a manner suitable for acting ou the small or cylindrical part of the chimney, cause the lower brushes to be extended, so as to act effectively on the swelled or ellipsoidal portion of the chimney.

The construction 'of the lower brushes will necessarily cause the upper brushes te diverge against the tension of the spring-band a, and by this dependent relation ot' the'two pairs of brushes, the implement is made to act ciectively upon the entire inner surface of the chimney, thus leaving no portion of `it uncleaned.

The brushes may consist ,of any soft, yielding `material. I employ loose cotton strands, or lamp-wicking cutiu proper lengths, and clamped rmly betwecnpieees of sheet metal, e e e e, as shown, the said sheet metal being formed withal sleeveform for slippingon the arms Z), where they may -be made to fit tightlysby pinching the metal against the arms with a proper tool. I l

Thearms are preferably of wire, and are bent to the proper curve after the brushes are on them.

The arms are bent to form pivot-eyes, as shown, and are put on a pivotwire passing through the slotted .endpf the shaft A.

d is a cap-plate, passing over the open. end or'slot of the staff.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, ancl'desire to secure by Letters Patent- A lamp-.chimney cleaner, having four brushes, B E, C C, allixed on the arms Z) b, incombnation with thc staff and' spring-band a, of rubber or other suitable materiel, all substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.l

N. A. VURGASON. Witnesses:

FRANK BLQACKLFY, ALEX. F. Renners. 

